Once the ancestral land of the puppet clan, it is now the last pure land of the puppet clan.
It's just that the fire that was once enshrined has disappeared, and was replaced by a female stone statue nailed to a stone pillar, wrapped in chains, with a face full of pain and sorrow.
The poisonous fire burned under the stone statue, and the iron bird pecked at the body of the stone statue. The stone fragments fell bit by bit, turning into bright red flesh and falling into the poisonous fire.
Flesh and blood are like fuel, the poisonous fire is raging, and it suddenly surges.
Waves of painful and suppressed cries filled the air.
"About 20,000 years ago, the Stone Girl stole fire for a human monk, so that the inheritance of the puppet clan lost its continuity.
The puppet clan tried their best but could not take back the fire. Instead, the human monks used the power of the fire to grow and gradually suppress the puppet clan.
The Supreme Council of the Human Race was established, and the puppet clan has since disappeared underground, turning from the masters of the world into spectators.
Even the newborns of the puppet clan have to pay a huge price to get some fire power from the Supreme Council to continue the vitality of the puppet clan.
If we hadn't appeared, probably in tens of thousands of years, the puppet clan in this world would have either become a vassal of the Supreme Council or been completely wiped out."
Shi Lei stood behind Fang Chang and told him the story of Shi Zhu and Stone Girl.
Of course, this story was also told by Shi Lei from other puppet clan members.
After all, he is a sleeping old antique who has never experienced the era of the rise of human monks.
So I don't have much hatred for the figure on the stone pillar, it's just a pity.
Because it is said that this stone girl was once the most talented among the descendants of the puppet clan. She even had the opportunity to control the power of fire and was revered as a saint.
If not, she wouldn't have had the chance to steal the fire.
Such younger generations, in today's era, have the opportunity to have a glimpse of the power of the sixth level.
"It seems to be another vulgar bloody story."
Fang Chang looked at the stone girl on the stone pillar and suddenly said:
"She's not dead yet?"
Shi Lei said: "She should have been executed originally, but because her crime was too serious, the sages of the puppet clan unanimously decided to let her suffer from poisonous fire forever, and at the same time, it also served as a warning to future generations of clan members.
There is another reason, that is, some tribesmen hope that the human monk has some conscience, sees the stone girl in such pain, and can come back with fire to save her.
However, after so many years, unless that person achieves the realm of Dongxu, he will not exist in the world.
But I didn’t expect that she still had a trace of life left.”
"Although the puppet clan itself has many limitations, Shouyuan is also considered unique."
Fang Chang said with emotion.
He does not live to live for ten thousand years, but Shi Nu, a puppet, is still alive after suffering from poisonous fire for twenty thousand years.
The longevity of the puppet clan lies in the strength of their own spirituality, which is roughly equivalent to the lifespan of the soul of the human race. Therefore, even if the monks take away the body, they will live as many years as they should, and they will not be able to start over again just because they get a young body.
Pass.
The other lies in the material of the puppet clan itself.
The properties of wood and stone are always different.
Even if a stone puppet like Old Shitou is only at level 5, his life span is at least 100,000 years.
If you are willing to sleep deeply, your life span may be doubled.
Of course, there are advantages and disadvantages.
For example, their general understanding is weak, and their speed and efficiency in comprehending the laws are far inferior to those of human monks at the same level.
Another example is that they generally have reproductive isolation and cannot rely on reproductive behavior to produce offspring.
There is only one way for them to create new people.
You can only rely on the one-in-a-million puppet to awaken its wisdom on its own and contribute to the population of the puppet clan.
Later, the appearance of the Puppet Ancestor allowed Fire to bring a second way to increase the population of the Puppet Clan.
Only in this way can the puppet clan be called a clan.
Because they have a stable way to continue their offspring.
As Fang Chang spoke, he moved his fingers slightly forward.
Click click click!!
I saw the invisible restrictions in front of the stone pillars immediately revealed, but under this light finger, there was no resistance at all, but they were destroyed as if they were withered.
Cracks appeared on the stone pillars that had been roasted by poisonous fire for thousands of years.
"Who is knocking down the pillar of sin?!"
The sound of stone pillars collapsing finally attracted the attention of other members of the puppet clan.
Lines of light and shadow passed by.
The senior officials who stayed behind in the puppet ancestral land gathered together.
The main reason is that the puppet ancestral land is not very big, so any movement can spread quickly.
A wooden old man with a withered face, his body is covered with wooden lines, yellow in color, very dry, and he looks sad.
This is what a wooden puppet looks like after turning on its wisdom.
He is also the highest-ranking old man among the puppet clan today, excluding those ancestors who were dug out, and is respectfully called the Tree Ancestor by the puppet clan.
A puppet that looks like a porcelain doll, with red lips and white teeth, and a skin as smooth and shiny as a ceramic plate. That's exactly what it is, but it doesn't have any human flavor at all.
A wrinkled skin, dragging on the ground, like an old yellow dog with not many years left to live.
On the contrary, it is the most humane living creature among the three puppet clans.
At this moment, a tree, a baby, and a dog were staring straight at Fang Chang.
But Fang Chang had his back turned to them, his eyes still fixed on the stone girl who was being rescued.
Shi Lei stopped in front of the three of them without politeness.
Although I don’t know what the city lord wants to do, I just can’t let anyone disturb him.
"Shi Zun, we respect you as the ancestor of our puppet clan, and admire your courage and strength in facing the Supreme Council.
But you should not violate the ancestral precepts of the puppet clan and bring an outsider here."
The tree ancestor held a wooden crutch, took a step forward, and asked in a low voice.
Shi Lei pondered for a while and asked:
"The ancestral precepts? Who set the ancestral precepts? Why didn't I know?"
Ancestor Shu said: "This is the rule set by the ancestors of our puppet clan twenty thousand years ago after the Stone Girl stole the fire..."
His voice suddenly stopped and he was speechless.
Shi Lei spread his hands and said: "Well, I am the ancestor of your ancestors. Is it a bit too much to treat grandpa with the rules of a grandson?"
Shuzu's face was hard, and he couldn't tell much emotion.
"In short, it is wrong to bring outsiders to the ancestral land of our puppet clan."
"How long has it been, and we still stick to the old rules."
Shi Lei shook his head and said: "The puppet clan has become weaker and weaker over the years. I think it is these so-called rules set by you."
The ancestor of the tree was unmoved: "At least our race has continued.
Shizun, even if you are a former ancestor of the puppet clan, you cannot insult the hard work of countless ancestors of the puppet clan over the years.
Get out of the way, Shizun.
No matter who he is, if he dares to tear down the pillar of sin, he is the enemy of our puppet clan."
"Actually, I prefer you to call me "sir."
Fang Chang suddenly turned his head, fished his hand into the poisonous fire, and pulled out a beautiful woman with flaming golden hair and a tall and graceful figure - the stone that had been pecked by poisonous firebirds for 20,000 years.
female.
She is not a stone puppet, but a rare flesh puppet.
Similar to Fang Tiezhu, except for having a few characteristics of the puppet race, there is not much difference from the human race in other places.
"Look, such a handsome person has been punished for so many years. It's such a waste."
"you?!"
The stone girl raised her head weakly, and just as she was about to speak, she saw a big hand holding an illusory and pale flame under her head.
Flames enveloped the stone girl.
With the blessing of Yu Puppet's spirit body, and the stone girl in an absolutely weak period, Fang Chang was able to refine her spirituality with almost no effort.
"From now on, you are mine."
Fang Chang's divine will prompted him.
Using the spiritual fire as a bridge, a vigorous vitality emerges from the stone girl's body, and it flows continuously, with almost no limit.
The weak stone girl could no longer speak, but she was being filled with strength.
Fang Chang felt the strength increasing in his body along with the stone girl, and felt very satisfied in his heart.
This stone girl's qualifications are excellent, just a little worse than my own girl.
As her strength recovers, the attribute points he can share are also a huge amount of income.
However, compared to the Heavenly Chasm of Huashen and Dongxu, these powers are still far behind.
Therefore, the puppet can only serve a small snack before the meal. The real feast depends on the support of the Supreme Council.
"What are you doing?"
When Shu Zu and others saw the stone girl's strength restored, they stopped her without even thinking.
Shi Lei's body suddenly expanded, blocking the three people's attacks, and even suppressed them with one against three.
Huge pressure was transmitted to the ground, turning the ground into rocks.
"Shi Zun, you have been hiding your strength!"
The tree beards on the tree ancestor's body have a little bit of gray lime.
The porcelain doll turned into a stone-skin doll, and the old yellow dog shook the stone debris from his hair.
Shi Lei smiled lightly, maintaining the grace that an ancestor should have and said: "Otherwise, how could I be your ancestor."
"Let me introduce you. This is the lord I worshiped in the main world, and he is also the future savior of our puppet clan.
Do you know about the Realm of Mist and the Battle of the Century ten years ago?
It is the contest between the Lord and the Supreme Council.
This time, he has something small that requires your cooperation."
Upon hearing this, the three of them were shocked and confused, but they made no move.
Naturally, they had heard of the Battle of the Century ten years ago and were even familiar with it.
Not long ago, the Supreme Council of the Human Race sent envoys over to unite them to deal with the forces behind the fog.
They lions opened their mouths and tried to welcome the fire back, but they were rejected by the human race.
Unexpectedly, the master behind the mist was actually the reinforcements brought by Shi Zun.
"Why didn't Shizun say anything before?"
"I thought you all knew that."
Shi Lei said with a disappointed tone: "It seems that the Puppet Clan has really declined. I still need to tell you the news from ten years ago in person."
Shuzu's face was really red this time.
They just watched helplessly as Fang Chang restored all the strength for the stone girl.
"Why do you want to save me?"
The stone girl's eyes were sad, and she said with a bit of despair on her beautiful face:
"I am a sinner of the puppet clan. I should have suffered the most cruel punishment in the world and died."
Fang Chang was stunned for a moment, then...
"oh."
He waved his sleeves and erected the collapsed stone pillar.
Then before the stone girl could react, she pushed forward with her palm.
The stone girl's body flew up and was nailed back to the stone pillar. Invisible chains tied her to only half of the stone pillar.
Then, wisps of pale flames ignited, and even the void was distorted by its power.
Is this a real fire that can burn the soul, or is it the alchemy spirit fire that Fang Chang obtained from the cave of Taoist Banshan.
Since it is possible to refine elixirs, it is also possible to refine people.
A look of pain appeared on Stone Girl's face, and she struggled, making the chains rattle.
"What are you doing?!"
Fang Chang replied: "I'll satisfy you."
"Don't worry, I've added special ingredients to the flames this time. You will definitely suffer twice as much, and you will definitely feel that it is enough to atone for your sins."
All he wants is the stone girl's shared attributes.
After all, a fifth-level puppet cannot be wasted.
As for himself, he is not a psychiatrist and has no interest in comforting an old woman who blames herself and has been in pain for 20,000 years.
"Why are you pretending to me that you're fine?"
Shi Nu's body suddenly stiffened: "..."
Shi Lei shrank his neck and remained silent.
Shuzu and others: "..."
He is indeed a strange person in the main world, the master of Shi Zun, and he does things that are unfathomable to ordinary people.
They suddenly felt a sense of awe.
"alright."
Fang Chang sealed the stone girl's whining mouth with another slap, and looked down at Shu Zu and others.
"Don't talk nonsense, you will know when you look at this."
As soon as Fang Chang thought, a bright light like a morning star flashed out in the void.
That is his spiritual light, which has the unique power to give the puppet spirituality.
Fang Chang strongly suspected that the fire of the puppet clan was a treasure refined by someone with the spiritual light of the puppet master's spirit body.
Otherwise it wouldn't be so similar.
"This is?!!"
All the puppet clan including Shi Lei were shocked.
"The power of fire?!"
"Yes, yes, it is the power of fire. I will never mistake it. Every puppet clan has been bathed in its brilliance.
It, it's finally back!"
The tree ancestor suddenly knelt down towards the spiritual light, tears streaming down his face.
Although the other porcelain dolls and the old yellow dog were not as excited as Shuzu, they were still speechless as they looked at the spiritual light summoned by Fang Chang.
Suddenly the spiritual light went out.
The tree ancestor cried out in panic: "No! No! Fire, that is our fire!"
"What are you thinking about? This is mine. Your fire is still in the treasure house of the Supreme Council."
Fang Chang withdrew his spiritual light and became more certain about his guess.
"Every word is false, but strength cannot deceive anyone."
"Gather all your puppet clan members back. Well, those of level four or above will do. Those who are too weak are of no use.
I need you to do me a small favor."
"In return, I will give you the ability to renew your bloodline."
Fang Chang smiled, showing four white teeth.
"A fair exchange, isn't it?"
Shuzu was completely stunned.
Fang Chang's smile was gentle, but in his opinion, it was so terrifying.
Facing a power similar to that of fire, he was unable to snatch it away.
Not only was the powerful Stone Lord standing in front of him, but also Fang Chang's ability to re-seal the Stone Girl with just one move.
He seemed to have only one choice left.
"Think about it carefully. One month is enough time for all of your most distant tribesmen to come back."
Fang Chang took one step and disappeared into the void.
"Old Shitou will take charge of this matter, and I will come back when the time comes."
